Container for loose sheets.



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CONTAINER FOR LOOSE SHEETS. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 28, 1913.

l i aggg Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

ISIDOR HECHT, OF BUDAI PEST, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

CONTAINER FOR LOOSE SHEETS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

Application filed March 28, 1913. Serial N 0. 757,430.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ISIDOR Hnon'r, merchant,a subject of the King of Hungary, residing at Budapest, in the; Empireof Austria-Hungary, have invented a new and useful Improvement in orRelating to Containers for Loose Sheets; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

It has been proposed to provide a container for packs of boundcigarette-papers or like sheets with a flap or cover to which isattached a small sheet of wax whereby the sheets can be picked up andtaken from the container. Inasmuch as if the wax were continually incontact with the uppermost sheet, while the container is closed, the waxwould too firmly adhere to that sheet, it was found necessary to providethe container with an insulating sheet, which is normally interposedbetween the lid and the pack. In this case seven manipulations arerequired for using the appliance, to wit, opening the. container,folding back the insulating sheet, reclosing and pressing down the lid,re-opening the container, removing the sheet of paper adhering to thewax, folding back the insulating sheet, and again closing the container.

My invention provides a device enabling the insulating sheet to bedispensed with, and reducing the manipulations to three. To this end Iprovide an abutment which normally holds the adhesive member away fromthe pack, but allows it to be brought into contact with the pack bypressure applied in taking hold of the closed container, withoutprevious. removal of the abutment.

In the annexed drawings, Figures 1 and 2 illustrate one form of theimproved device, Fig. 1 being a perspective and Fig. 2 a cross section.Fig. 3 illustrates another form of construction, and Fig. 4: shows amodification in section.

Referring in the first instance to Figs. 1 and 2, 1 designates a pack ofloose cigarette papers in a container 5, which may be made of a sheetof'jpaper bent and fastened with adhesive, this container having abottom 6, four side-walls 7, and two flanges 8 at oppo site sides of thetop, partly covering the interior; the container has a flexible cover orlid 3 of cardboard or equivalent material. To the inside surface of thelid is attached the adhesive member 9, which lies within a frame whereofthe surface protrudes somewhat from the plane of the surface of the saidmember 10, say 1 mm., and forms the abovementioned abutment, so thatwhen the cover is closed the frame normally prevents contact of theadhesive member with the papers in the container. By slightly pressingthe closed cover, at the part to which the adhesive member is attached,the adhesive member can, however, be brought into contact with thetop-most cigarette paper,-so that when the cover is opened that paperlightly adheres to the member 9 and is thus taken out of the container.The pressure referred to is exerted by the thumb or finger when the usertakeshold of the container for the purpose of picking it up or removingit from his pocket, so that the manipulations required, after takinghold of the container, are confined to opening the container, removingthe cigarette paper, and closing the container.

In the construction, shown in Fig. 3 the container is simply a two-partcover like a book cover, one part forming the lid 3, and the pack ofpapers 1 being held on the other part by two elastic bands 11. This formof container may be used with an adhesive member surrounded by a raisedframe 10, as shown in F ig. 1, but if the elastic members 11, or twosmall sheets or plates. attached thereto, are sufliciently thick tonormally prevent cont-act of the adhesive member 9 with the upper-mostcigarette paper, the frame 10 may be dispensed with, as shown in Fig. 3,the elastic bands 11or rubber or the like-constituting the abutment, andif in this case the elastic bands are sufficiently compressible, the lid3 may be rigid, the contact between the member 9 and paper 1 being thenproduced by compressing the elastic bands, and to some extent pressingthem into the pack of papers.

If the outer surface of the lid is flat, it is preferably provided witha small ornamental boss or the like enabling the user to immediatelylocate the part at which pressure must be applied.

I may use wax or the like for the adhesive member, but prefer the knownelastic composition of glue and glycerin, inasmuch as wax and fattyadhesives are liable to become too soft in warm weather, so that theadhesion becomes too powerful unless very light .pressure is used,whereas in cold weather they become too hard. The compo sition of glueand glycerin may receive an addition of bichromate in the known manner,to prevent the melting thereof in case of accidental exposure to acomparatively high temperature, as for example by placing it close to afire.

Having now described my invention, What I claim is:

1. A cardboard container forloose sheets having a lid attached thereto,an adhesive member fiXed to the inner side of said lid, and an abutment,normally preventing contact of the adhesive member With the uppermostsheet.

2. A container for loose sheets, having a lid, an adhesive compositionof glue and glycerin attached to the inner side of said lid, and anabutment, normally preventing contact of said adhesive composition withthe uppermost sheet.

3. A card board container for loose sheets, having a lid attachedthereto and having a portion normally held'out of contact with thesheets, and an adhesive member fixed to said portion.

4:. A card board container for loose sheets, having a lid attachedthereto; an adhesive means fixed to the inner face of said lid; andmeans normally preventing contact of the uppermost sheet With theadhesive means.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

IsIDoR, HECHT.

Witnesses CHAs. MESSINGER, JOHN J. RoNTO.

